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Simple Procedure

2017 · 3 min

A brief, queasy slide from routine to dread, tightening around you as consciousness slips away.

Directed by: Charlie Phoenix, Kayden Phoenix
Genres: Horror
Starring: Maria Timonina, Lorin Doctor, Susan Papa

Overview: Polina goes to the hospital for a simple medical procedure. As she's given anesthesia and asked to count backwards from ten, things become awry. Polina fights but she's on the verge of passing out and by then it's too late.

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Directed by: Charlie Phoenix, Kayden Phoenix
Genres: Horror
Starring: Maria Timonina, Lorin Doctor, Susan Papa

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
power
trauma
Places: hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Charlie Phoenix, Kayden Phoenix
Written by: Charlie Phoenix, Kayden Phoenix
Starring: Maria Timonina, Lorin Doctor, Susan Papa
Runtime: 3 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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